Sun, 17 Sep 2017 08:19:25 +0000 Professor Mwiine Lubemba (Not Paramount Chief Chitimukulu) I WRITE in response to Copperbelt Trade and Development Forum (CTDF) Executive Director Vincent Lengwe who said that the corporate conduct by some of the major mining companies on the Copperbelt in undermining the national development process was extremely alarming. I guess he had a point by saying that the recent move by Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to handover more than 4,000 mineworkers to JHX and other contractors was a direct contradiction of the government’s labour reforms and the national decent work agenda which must be probed extensively, and rescinded if the current political leadership is in charge of prudently managing economic affairs in the best interest of its citizens. However, it is worth noting that greedy multinationals, are in general, exploiting the ignorant mineworkers as far as the copper mining industry is concerned in Zambia. But I would like to […]
Why is outsourcing of over 4,000 mine workers happening at KCM?
